Dr. Fox is a human biologist with a research program that explores how women’s social, cultural, and physical environments influence their own biological development and that of their children. By studying the human female life cycle, her work addresses questions related to women’s health and intergenerational processes between grandmothers, mothers, and infants. Some of the key topics of her research include (a) the transgenerational effects of socio-cultural stressors experienced by women in ethnic minority communities; (b) how women’s reproductive histories affect risk of Alzheimer’s disease; and (c) how social support from family confers health benefits to pregnant women. See mollyfox.strikingly.com

With a passion for bridging the gap between translational research and clinical implementation, Dr. Bramen currently serves as a Senior Research Scientist at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation, which houses its memory research program within the Pacific Brain Health Center (PBHC), an outpatient dementia care clinic and center of excellence at Pacific Neuroscience Institute (partnered with the Providence Health system). At PBHC, Dr. Bramen collaborates closely with clinician-scientists to facilitate the integration of research findings into clinical practice. She leads the Neuroimaging Core, which provides neuroimaging-based biomarkers and supports automated data abstraction from the electronic health record to facilitate a better understanding clinical outcomes and measure the efficacy of clinical trials. Dr. Bramen’s research primarily focuses on interventions for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Madigan Durham is currently pursuing her Masters in Biology at UCLA with goals to pursue a career in academia. Since joining the team in 2023, she takes the lead in mentoring our team of undergraduate student researchers when it comes to all their research endeavors within the realm of our study and more. Aside from Madigan's own independent projects in the lab, she also has a hand in sorting our data through our codebook, enrolling and interviewing participants, and even biosample analysis.

Desiree Eshraghi is a recent graduate from UCLA with plans to pursue medical school. As a member of the our lab's coordination team since 2020, Desiree is an integral part to our study's efficiency. Aside from enrolling and interviewing pariticipants, editing our codebook, and facilitating our research assistant trainings and projects, Desiree also manages many of the study's inner workings. She tracks our participants, clearly communicates with our current and future partnering hospitals, promotes our study, maintains IRB aproval, and more!

Melanie Krahn is an aspiring physician and recent UCLA graduate currently enrolled in a postbaccalaureate program at CU Boulder. As our UCLA IRB manager, Melanie ensures our primary IRB documents are always approved by UCLA IRB with consistent ammendments and updates. She has also been a part of our team enrolling and interviewing participants with their study partners since 2022.